Clues Answers 2’s ‘Miglior Fabbro’ according to the dedication of 6/8 EZRA 6/8’s cruellest month? APRIL A snake native to South America – and a variant of poker ANACONDA Another name for Robin Goodfellow? PUCK Author of 6/8 TSELIOT Baroness Lynda __, minister in the Major and Thatcher governments CHALKER Citrus fruit common in Jamaica […]
Clues Answers ‘I believe in __.’: Bonasera’s opening line from The Godfather (1972) AMERICA 1976 horror film starring Sissy Spacek CARRIE Alistair __, 2007-2010 DARLING Country bordered by Algeria and Guinea MALI Dame __ Holmes, Olympic gold medallist KELLY David __, director of Doctor Zhivago (1965) LEAN Denis __, 1974-1979 HEALEY Frances __, winner of […]
Clues Answers André __, French author of one of the essays in The God that Failed GIDE Centre of learning on Exhibition Road, London, SW7 SCIENCEMUSEUM Coach who led England to victory in the Women’s Euro 2022 SARINAWIEGMAN Driving manoeuvre perfected by the current government? UTURN Ella __, scorer of the first goal in the […]
Clues Answers Another name for the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria TADMOR Castle, bay and village on the Pembrokeshire coast STBRIDES Christian __, French fashion house DIOR City where the German constitution was written in 1919 WEIMAR Decade associated with jazz and art deco TWENTIES Inspector __, character created by Colin Dexter MORSE My […]
Clues Answers Ancient city-state in Mesopotamia UR Banda __, Indonesian city devastated by tsunami in 2004 ACEH Charles __, 1959 – 1969 DE Diane __, Canadian jazz musician KRALL Emmanuel __, 2017 – present MACRON François __, 1981 – 1995 MITTERRAND François __, 2012 – 2017 HOLLANDE Jacques __, 1995 – 2007 CHIRAC Microsoft operating […]
Clues Answers ‘__ was it in that dawn to be alive’ – Wordsworth on the French Revolution BLISS An unexceptional follower or imitator EPIGONE By-product of cheese production WHEY Christian __, French fashion designer DIOR Eric __, author of The Age of Extremes (1994) HOBSBAWM Film for which Kathryn Bigelow won the Oscar for best […]
Clues Answers Barbie’s friend? KEN Blanche __, character in A Streetcar Named Desire DUBOIS Cardboard flaps at the heart of the 2000 US presidential election CHADS Chemical element, symbol Fe IRON Christina __, general secretary of Unison MCANEA Comic and movie superhero franchise KICKASS Egyptian president forced to step down in 2011 MUBARAK Jimmy __, […]
Clues Answers 1992 movie directed by Robert Redford, based on the book by Norman Maclean (1,5,4,7,2) ARIVER 1999 Tom Jones hit in collaboration with Mousse T. SEXBOMB 8/9 – in the case of this ancient city of Asia Minor, the Lycus LAODICEA 8/9 – in the case of this Asian capital, the Red HANOI 8/9 […]
Clues Answers A genre of story, often expressing how societies began MYTH Arizona town to which Christian Bale and Russell Crowe took the 3:10 in 2007? YUMA BBC Two sitcom that, unusually, was successfully adapted for Radio 4 YES Followers of historical materialism? MARXISTS Great lake – and a city in Pennsylvania ERIE Long-running Radio […]
Clues Answers 1983 crime movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Al Pacino SCARFACE Popular name for the bark tissue of the Quercus suber CORK A Danish prince – or an English village? HAMLET Archaic form of address to male judges in the high court MLUD Author of The Waste Land ELIOT Carol Ann __, poet who wrote […]
Clues Answers ‘One more unto the __, dear friends.’ Henry V, Act III BREACH Actor who starred in Sound of Metal RIZ Animal admired by Ogden Nash for its ability ‘in such a fix to be so fertile’ TURTLE Fictional dog in a long-running movie franchise BENJI Journalists’ shorthand for the period from November 1978 […]
Clues Answers A mythical place somewhere between Leeds and London? MIDDLEENGLAND Acronym derived from the Russian for chief camp administration GULAG Commuter suburb in the London Borough of Sutton CHEAM David __, conspiracy theorist ICKE French artist and founder of an eponymous wax museum MADAMETUSSAUD Host country for the 2022 Commonwealth heads of government meeting […]